EEPROM
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EEPROM (plural EEPROMs)
(electronics) electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
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Comparison with EPROM and EEPROM/Flash The difference between EPROM and EEPROM lies in the way that the memory programs and erases.
Higher integration Die of a PIC12C508 8-bit, fully static, EEPROM EPROM ROM -based CMOS microcontroller manufactured by Microchip Technology using a 1200 nanometre process.
Each EEPROM device typically has its own set of OP-Code instructions mapped to different functions.
EEPROM can be programmed and erased electrically using field electron emission (more commonly known in the industry as "Fowler–Nordheim tunneling").
In an EEPROM that is frequently reprogrammed while the computer is in use, the life of the EEPROM is an important design consideration.
In the industry, there is a convention to reserve the term EEPROM to byte-wise erasable memories compared to block-wise erasable flash memories.